A soldier from Burundi serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) mans a frontline position in territory recently captured from insurgents in Deynile District on the northern fringes of the capital Mogadishu, in this handout photograph taken November 18, 2011.

"There was a heavy explosion in Wadajir this afternoon, it was a roadside bomb and we are hearing that more than ten people were killed in the explosion," said Abid Omar, a Somali police officer.

"We are still investigating who was the target, but all of the casualties are civilians," he said.

Witnesses said children were killed in the violent blast, which took place on the busy Jayga road in the south of the war-torn city, where Islamist Shebab insurgents have launched repeated guerrilla attacks.

"It was a horrible attack, I saw the dead bodies of at least nine civilians including children, there is blood and human flesh everywhere," said Sadiq Mohamed, who witnessed the blast.

"The road is commonly used by the government officials but I'm not sure who was passing at the time of the explosion" he added.

Moalim Adan Ali, another witness, said the explosion occurred while the road was crowded with people.

"People were crowded in the area when the explosion occurred - there were eleven civilians who died in the spot", he said, a toll given by other witnesses at the scene.

If this was done by Kenyans, we could be hearing different stories now. Since the killer is Extreme Islamist Harakat Al Shabab, there is no question asked no comments from their relatives of the left wing.